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Meet the Pair Team clinicians and patient advocates behind the Resource Center.
Dr. Nate Favini is Pair Team's Chief Medical Officer. He has led the clinical team since 2023. That team cares for Medicare and Medicaid patients across California, many of whom are also dealing with housing, food, transportation and paperwork.
Writes about: preventive care, Medicare coverage, finding a doctor.
Alison Shmerling is Pair Team's Medical Director. She joined in 2024 and oversees the nurse practitioners, nurses and care managers who work with patients every day.
Writes about: chronic conditions, medications, prescription coverage.
Holly Cuevas is a registered nurse and Lead RN Care Manager at Pair Team. She has been with the care team since 2022, longer than almost anyone. Her work is the week after a hospital stay: medications, follow-up visits, equipment, and the calls that keep a patient from going back.
Writes about: hospital follow-ups, home health, medical equipment.
Jeneli Almonte is a Lead Care Manager at Pair Team. She has been with the care team since 2022. She does the work this site describes: Medicaid and Medicare paperwork, housing applications, food, rides to appointments, and utility bills, for patients who often have all of these at once.
Writes about: food, housing, utilities, rides, benefits applications.
Adriana Bugarin is a behavioral health specialist at Pair Team. She has been with the care team since 2022. She works with patients on depression, anxiety, serious mental illness and substance use, alongside the housing and income problems that usually come with them.
Writes about: mental health, counseling, substance use.